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EventPhambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born
… a high school student, Ntloko became involved in the South African Students’ Movement (SASM), a black consciousness … Gastrow S. ‘Who’s who in South African…
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… artist in Berlin, Germany. She was elected to the South African Society of Artists (SASA) in recognition of her …
EventA booby-trapped TV kills Tsitsi Chiliza, wife of an ANC official in Harare, Zimbabwe
… living in Zimbabwe, regardless of whether they were South African or Zimbabwean. The bomb blasted the second floor of … www.apnewsarchive.com [accessed on 16…
EventThe passive resistance movement begins with a mass meeting of 2000 Africans
… of passes. The demonstrations were peaceful. The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) had even hired … African National Congress Campaign against…
EventDr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in Pretoria
… his sights on the steel industry and established the South African Steel and Iron Corporation (Iscor). Van der Bijl died …
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… 1989, ex-mutineers in exile considered resigning from the African National Congress (ANC). This came after the …
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… conditions, he received the 'Freedom of Port Elizabeth's African Townships' in 1973 in recognition of his efforts to … Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary…
PlaceStatue Of Cecil John Rhodes, in the Company's Gardens
… Company’s Garden on a secondary axis of the Iziko South African Museum . The original plan was to use the Statue as a …
Chapter III - The world outside
… This sadistic compulsion remained enshrined in South African law, but the reality of it was hidden, high up on the … spoke from the dock in words that have…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… According to some authors it became "defiantly African." The ICU, on the other hand, had close ties with the … of foodstuffs. In the course of the strike,…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
… and responsibility. He entertained no fears of the rising African consciousness, but rather saw it as a natural … emerging, it is a path of wisdom to win the…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… 'Estate of Eloff', on 25 August 1925 by the South African Government , who its restored the interior to its … in 1896. Paul Kruger was State President of…
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… concerts including the 2012 Innibos performances by South African artist Chris Chameleon along with the stunning … deposits too. Following the end of the…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… prosperity and purity of the Afrikaner culture. The South African prime minister based his policy on a system which … the late 1980s to 1993, culminating in…
EventThe Dutch Indiaman, the Nieuwe Haerlem, is wrecked in a storm in Table Bay
… to the creation of a new state on the southern part of the African continent. The captain of the Nieuwe Haerlem … record of the region that was to become…
2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
… 1963-'64, in which Nelson Mandela and other leaders of the African National Congress were convicted and sentenced to … Multiparty Negotiating Forum. He was a…
PlaceCity Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban
… recently. Siyanda Khumalo, a rifleman with the South African National Defence Force, described it as a, “great … the centenary. Mikhail Peppas, a member…
PlaceGugulethu Township
… members of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), were ambushed and killed by the South African security forces on the…
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… Introduction Benjamin Magson Kies was an important South African political activist and theorist from about the middle … Cape Town. His father, a factory…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS, 23 April 1999
… the Northern Cape, I have endeavoured to serve the South African people, my organisation and my country, to the best … against the odds, to integrate…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
… 5, Summer 1961 [....] In March and April 1960, the African population staged a series of demonstrations, marches … that followed the shootings at Langa and…
Part 3: Ahmed Kathrada and Arun Gandhi - Gandhi Satyagraha Tour SA
… Laloo “Isu” Chiba and Shirish Nanabhai. Archived by South African History Online with acknowledgement to the original …
ANC statement on the outcome of the officials meeting held at Luthuli House, 18 February 2002
… contact Smuts Ngonyama at 082 569 2061 Issued by the African National Congress …
EventTwo ANC members convicted of terrorism training
… Two members of the African National Congress, Mr Mzimasi Isaac Giwu and Mr …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.2 1989
… 'Even Under the Rine of Terror . . .' Insurgent South African Poetry, Jeremy Cronin. INTERVIEWS: The Art of …
EventMinister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
… standard of life.” In a surprise move, Koornhof joined the African National Congress (ANC) in November 2001. …
EventBheki Mlangeni, ANC human rights lawyer of Soweto, is killed by a walkman bomb meant for Dirk Coetzee.
… Bheki Mlangeni was a lawyer working for the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1990s. He and former … 10 February 2014]| Reuters, (1996), from CNN, S…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… On 5 January 1965, members of the African National Congress (ANC) Mac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, …
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… Abebe Bikila, running barefoot, became the first Black African to win gold in the history of the Olympic Games. In …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… In 1954 the Minister of Justice C.R. Swart issued African National Congress (ANC) President Chief Albert …